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Harmony and I laugh and Nyck goes back to examining the ball glove.
No, but he is a damn good Santa and I have one more wish…
* * *
I textedJasper after we’d opened all our presents.
Sonnet: I’d like to talk. If you have time tomorrow, I’m open.
But I never heard back.
And now I’m staring at the ceiling in my room, considering my options.
Drive to his place, although I’m not sure I know exactly where it is. I was kinda distracted looking at the gorgeous man who was taking me back to his apartment. I was giddy as a schoolgirl being courted by the quarterback.
I could just chalk it up to learning and move on.
That’s not gonna happen.
I look to the nightstand and the envelop with that note is there.
A million dollars.
Some might think he was trying to buy my love, but I don’t see it that way. I see a man trying to do the right thing without being asked. I see a man who took what he knew, from the private investigator dossier and what I told him on the carriage ride, to do something incredible for people who have less than he has. And I see a man who believes in helping others, like I do.
Nyck’s in bed, clutching the ball glove and I know that moving on just doesn’t feel right for either of us.
When Jasper and I made love, it felt like I was whole again, like someone or something had intervened in our lives to bring us together. And honestly, it was a new awakening for me. It opened my eyes that I don’t have to be alone, and I can have love again. I don’t know why I doubted him.
The doorbell rings and I pick up my phone, sitting straight at the same time. I just know who it is.
What the…
There’s only a sea of red in the camera. Then a man’s face —decked with a white as snow beard— comes into view. A face that I saw in my dreams last night.
And it wasn’t Parker’s.
“Ho-Ho-Ho, Sonnet.”
I can hear Harmony giggling in the living room.
I open my messaging and text her.
Sonnet: Stop listening to the doorbell.
Harmony: Fine. But I wonder what giant package Santa has for you tonight.
Sonnet: Harmony!
Harmony: Got it. I’ll go to sleep.
I look into the camera. “Hi Santa.”
Jasper smiles. “Hi, Sonnet. I hear you’ve had a few rough years lately.”
“Got that right.”
Santa’s eyes soften. “I wanted to come here and let you know that there’s someone how wants to be there for your future. He wants you to have all the happiness and he’s ready to love you into forever.”
